"James Garner and Elke Sommer, ""Some Kind of a Nut"", ""Never a Dull Moment"" with Edward G. Robinson, and ""Divorce American Style"" with Debbie Reynolds and Jean Simmons. But he also starred as Caractacus Pott (with his native accent, at his own insistence, despite the English setting) in the successful musical version of Ian Fleming's ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" (1968), which co-starred Sally Ann Howes and featured the same songwriters (The Sherman Brothers) and choreographers (Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood) as ""Mary Poppins"". In 1969, Van Dyke appeared in the comedy-drama ""The Comic"", written and directed by Carl Reiner."
"involved in a high-speed accident — a dog and a child ran into the road from the cheering crowd, which the car swerved to avoid and was sent crashing down an embankment — and persuade their father to restore it. There was a 1st century AD British chieftain named Caratacus, who led the British resistance to the Roman conquest, and who may have inspired Fleming's choice. Conveniently, the name is also a somewhat obvious pun on the term ""crackpot"", often used to describe an eccentric person, specially an inventor or scientist. A stage musical based on the film premiered in"
"Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car is a children's novel written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham. It was initially published in three volumes, the first of which was released on 22 October 1964 by Jonathan Cape in London. Fleming, better known as the creator of James Bond, took his inspiration for the subject from a series of aero-engined racing cars called ""Chitty Bang Bang"", built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s at Higham Park. Fleming had known Higham Park as a guest of its later owner, Walter Wigham, chairman of Robert Fleming"
"the Small, Small Pond"" (Holt, 1993), was a runner-up for the 1994 Caldecott Medal. Twenty years later, ""In the Small, Small Pond"" was runner-up for the inaugural, 2013 Phoenix Picture Book Award. The Phoenix Awards recognize the best children's books published twenty years earlier that did not win major contemporary awards. Her other books include ""The Cow Who Clucked"", ""The First Day of Winter"", ""Underground"", and ""5 Little Ducks"". Denise Fleming Denise K. Fleming (January 31, 1950) is an American creator of children's picture books. She was born in Toledo, Ohio. She graduated in illustration (after a change from advertising"
"plays for BBC Radio 4 including 'Stranger In The Home' - a monologue read by Bernard Hepton. His play 'Comeback' was staged at the Nottingham Playhouse in 1987 with performances by Philip Middlemiss and William Ivory. His popular plays for Primary schools help developing readers gain fluency. Alan is also the author of the ""Porridge the Tartan Cat"" series of books published by Kelpies, an imprint of Scottish indie publisher Floris Books including: Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Brawsome Bagpipes Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Bash-Crash-Ding Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Kittycat Kidnap Porridge the Tartan Cat"
"King James III by blowing up the royal palace; Mr. Slighcarp, the Sarah Casket's first mate, is part of the plot together with his sister Letitia, the villainess of ""The Wolves of Willoughby Chase"". Disbelieved by the other adults, Dido and Pen, with the help of Nate, attempt to disable the cannon, whose recoil would send the island of Nantucket crashing into New York City. Nightbirds on Nantucket Nightbirds on Nantucket is a children's novel by Joan Aiken, first published in 1966. Taking place in an alternate history, the story presents the further adventures of Dido Twite, an eleven-year-old Victorian"
"he has committed himself to. He looks for ways to raise money to avoid letting them down. Later that evening, Potts discovers that the sweets produced by a machine he has invented can be played like a flute. He tries to sell the ""Toot Sweets"" to Truly's father, Lord Scrumptious, a major confectionery manufacturer. He is almost successful until the whistle attracts a pack of dogs who overrun the factory, resulting in Caractacus's proposition being rejected. Caractacus next takes his automatic hair-cutting machine to a carnival to raise money, but his invention accidentally ruins the hair of a customer. Potts"
"series) and Tom Baker (on ""The Boy Who Kicked Pigs""). ""Mouse Noses on Toast"" by Daren King won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize (ages 6–8 years) in 2006, after which King and Roberts collaborated on other titles including ""Peter the Penguin Pioneer"", ""Sensible Hare and the Case of Carrots"" and ""The Frightfully Friendly Ghosties"" series. Roberts also creates picture books for younger readers, some in collaboration with other writers. The best known may be those written by the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson (""Tyrannosaurus Drip"", ""The Troll"" and most recently ""Jack and the Flum Flum Tree""). Others include ""Iggy Peck,"
"poem about an elephant who tripped and fell on his nose. This version of the book was published in 1980 by Keter Publications in Jerusalem. Fox in Socks Fox in Socks is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1965. It features two main characters, Fox (an anthropomorphic fox) who speaks almost entirely in densely rhyming tongue-twisters and Knox (a yellow anthropomorphic character) who has a hard time following up Fox's tongue-twisters until the end. The book in some ways bears a resemblance to ""Green Eggs and Ham"", another book by Dr. Seuss. Both stories contain two main"
"as ""playing Little Miss Innocent"" in front of teachers but can be as daring as the protagonist. Mr. Hatherway: The reception class teacher at Tracy's school. He is the opposite of Mrs. Bagley, and Tracy seems to like him, and regrets that he'll never be her teacher. Trevor: A young child whom Tracy meets when Mr. Hatherway has to bring him out of class due to a nosebleed. They become friends at the end of the book. The Dare Game The Dare Game also known as I Dare You, Tracy Beaker is a children's novel written by Jacqueline Wilson and"
"of the Graham Greene novel ""Travels with My Aunt"" followed. In 2003, he was Caractacus Potts in ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", taking over from Michael Ball, and returning in 2006 and 2007, albeit outside the West End. Wilmot also played Billy Flynn in the national touring company of ""Chicago"". Other stage productions he has appeared in include ""H.M.S. Pinafore"", ""Santa Claus the Musical"", ""Oliver!"", ""Half a Sixpence"", ""The Wizard of Oz"", ""The Goodbye Girl"", ""One for the Road"", ""Confusions"", ""Lord Arthur Saville's Crime"", and a national tour of the successful Newbury Theatre production of ""Radio Times"". Wilmot's solo albums include"
"own cottage for the insurance money. The book also introduces Inspector Jenks, who turns out to help the children and becomes a good friend of theirs. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage is the first in the series of children's novels the ""Five Find-Outers"" by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1943 and continues to be frequently reissued. The novel centres on the mystery of who could have set fire to Mr Hick’s cottage. The five children, Larry and Daisy Daykin, Pip and Bets Hilton, and newcomer Frederick Algernon Trotteville (later nicknamed Fatty"
"children's book ""Wind in the Willows"" by Kenneth Grahame: the locality used in the book is believed to be Moor Copse in Berkshire, England, and the character's name ""Ratty"" has become widely associated with the species and their riverbank habitat, as well as the misconception that they are a species of rat. In the comic novel and film ""Cold Comfort Farm"" by Stella Gibbons, one of the characters, Urk, refers to the subject of his unrequited love, Elfine Starkadder, as his little water vole. Throughout the story, Urk spends a lot of time talking to the water voles on the"
"daily in the summer term. Durnford's most famous former pupil is Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels and ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"". In 1939, the school was sold by Corbett to Victor Haggard (H) and Evan Hope-Gill (Hopper) who inherited 37 boys. Durnford was requisitioned by the army later that year and the Durnford boys transferred to the Old Malthouse. Durnford was acquired by the owners of the Old Malthouse when the army gave it up in 1948. The main buildings were variously pulled down or sold, leaving the OMH with the grounds, which were levelled for playing"
"all written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Commander Caractacus Pott is an inventor who buys and renovates an old car after gaining money from inventing and selling whistle-like sweets to Lord Skrumshus, the wealthy owner of a local confectionery factory. The car, a ""Paragon Panther"", was the sole production of the Paragon motor-car company before it went bankrupt. It is a four-seat touring car with an enormous bonnet, or hood. After the restoration is complete, the car is named for the noises made by its starter motor and the characteristic two loud backfires it makes when it starts. At first Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is"
"novel, one of the children was called Jemima, after the daughter of his previous employer, Hugo Pitman; the advice Pott gave to his children also echoed that of Fleming: ""Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life."" In May 1961, Fleming sent his publisher the manuscripts for the first two volumes of ""Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang"". To illustrate the book, Fleming suggested the ""Daily Mail"" cartoonist Trog—the pseudonym of Wally Fawkes—as he admired the artist's work. While undertaking the preliminary drawings for the book, Trog tried to make the fudge recipe included in the book and"
"Scot's book were burnt in the early 17th century. 1634 - ""Hocus Pocus Junior: The Anatomie of Legerdemain"" was published. This book is one of the first to include the ""Cups and Balls"" effect described as it was originally performed, along with the ""patter"" which was used during the performance. This book had twelve editions. 1720- Isaac Fawkes, English Magician retires. His performances at fairs left him with a fortune of nearly ten thousand pounds. Among his tricks were a card on the ceiling with any card called for and his bag of many eggs. His booth is featured in"
"of Nod, Tom Thumb, The Tale of Ginger and Pickles Volume 4: Aladdin's Lamp, The Tailor of Gloucester, The Frog Prince, Sleeping Beauty, The Bremen Town Musicians Volume 5: The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Adventures of a Dog, Why the Sea is Salty, Peter Rabbit, The Queen Bee Volume 6: The Ugly Duckling, The Brave Tin Soldier, The Little Match Girl Meets Her Match, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Little Wildrose Volume 7: Thumbelina, The House in the Woods, Lucky Harold, Robinson Crusoe, The Goose Girl Volume 8: Snow White and Rose Red, The Little Oak"
"of it. However, a man in the junkyard intends to buy the car from the garage owner, Mr. Coggins, for scrap. The children, who live with their father Caractacus Potts, an eccentric inventor, and the family's equally peculiar grandfather, implore their father to buy the car, but Caractacus cannot afford it. While playing truant from school, they meet Truly Scrumptious, a beautiful upper-class woman with her own motor car, who brings them home to report their truancy to their father. After she leaves, Caractacus promises the children that he will save the car, but is taken aback at the cost"
"the Medal (1955–2005), a panel of experts named ""Borka"" one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite. Cape was soon looking for someone to illustrate a forthcoming children's adventure serial called ""Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang"" that was written by Ian Fleming, its most successful author at the time. Fleming had suggested cartoonist ""Trog"" (Wally Fawkes) of the ""Daily Mail"", but the newspaper would not allow the illustrator of their popular ""Flook"" strip to work for an author whose James Bond stories were adapted as a comic strip for its arch-rival ""Daily Express""."
"the first to gain recognition, both from contemporaries and in later scholarship. Two books of these years form a sequence. ""Wood Magic: A Fable"" (1881) introduces his child-hero, Bevis, a small child on a farm near a small lake, called the ""Longpond"", clearly Coate Farm and Coate Reservoir. Bevis's exploration of the garden and neighbouring fields brings him into contact with the country's birds and animals, who can speak to him, as can even inanimate parts of nature, such as the stream and the wind. Part of the book is a depiction of a small child's interaction with the natural"
"Chris Blackwell. In sports, the school produced the first two Wimbledon champions (Spencer Gore and Frank Hadow) as well as FA Cup founder C.W. Alcock and current England rugby international players Billy Vunipola and Maro Itoje. Alumni in the arts and media industry include actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Cary Elwes, singer James Blunt and horse racing pundit John McCririck. Margaret Thatcher sent her son, Mark, to Harrow. Fictional characters who have attented Harrow include Brett Sinclair of The Persuaders!, and Mr. Pocket from Charles Dickens's book, Great Expectations. Harrow School Harrow School is an independent boarding school for boys in"
"a captain in the Royal West African Frontier Force. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He entered repertory at the David Garrick Theatre, Lichfield, Staffordshire for two years and appeared in early British television plays. Jeffries built a successful career in British films mainly in comic character roles and as he was prematurely bald he often played characters older than himself, such as the role of father to Caractacus Potts (played by Dick Van Dyke) in the film ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" (1968), although Jeffries was actually six months younger than Van Dyke. His acting career reached"
"Hawkins. Finally, as Mr Hawkins is about to set sail with Pedro on board Cat arrives with Lizzie, Frank, Mr Equaino and the Duchess to rescue Pedro. The Magistrate is called and Cat blackmails Mr Hawkins into setting Pedro free. Cat Among the Pigeons (Golding novel) Cat among the Pigeons is a young adult novel by Julia Golding, published in 2006. It is a story about Pedro the slave's fight for freedom. The main character is Cat, a girl of around 12 who is Pedro's best friend. The setting is London in the late 18th century when slavery has just"
"in the UK, for 4-10 year olds. Four short plays. Four scary stories written in verse, the last is a compilation. Collections of Rhymes, Illustrated by Chris Fisher. The stories of Wilma, a Wicked Queen in training. Three stories of a gaggle of Goblins. A mock-Victorian adventure of a young Solomon Snow, his friend Prudence, a six-year-old girl named Rosabella, and don't forget her cute little bunny, Mr. Skippy. Stories told in rhyme for 3-7 year olds. About a Pirate called Buster Gutt and his arch enemy Admiral Ainsley Goldglove. The 1993 Nottinghamshire Book Award for ""Pongwiffy and the Spell"
"2003. The cast members included Sacha Parkinson, Michelle Collins and Holly Grainger. Also Debbie Isitt won the 2004 BAFTA award for best adapted writer for her work on this production. The Illustrated Mum The Illustrated Mum is a children's novel by English author Jacqueline Wilson, first published by Transworld in 1999 with drawings by Nick Sharratt. Set in London, the first person narrative by a young girl, Dolphin, features her manic depressive mother Marigold, nicknamed ""the illustrated mum"" because of her many tattoos. The title is a reference to ""The Illustrated Man"", a 1951 book of short stories by Ray"
"Thoreau wrote a poem called ""Rumors from an Aeolian Harp"", which he included in the ""Monday"" chapter of his first book, ""A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers"". Aeolian harps are mentioned in George Eliot's ""Middlemarch"" (1871-2), Thomas Hardy's ""The Trumpet-Major"" (1880) and ""The Mayor of Casterbridge"" (1886), and Vladimir Nabokov's ""Lolita"" (1955). An Aeolian harp is featured in Ian Fleming's 1964 children's novel ""Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang"" to make a cave seem haunted. ""El arpa eólica"" (""The Aeolian Harp"") is an alternate history novelette written by Óscar Esquivias. It was originally published in 2011 by Fábulas de Albión. The novelette depicts"
"by the craftsman Rowland Emett, and have been on display at Mid-America Science Museum for many years. In the movie, Caractacus' wife is revealed to have died, leaving him as guardian of their two children Jeremy and Jemimah, but not in poverty. The daily routine is that while Caractacus invents things to sell for his family's sustenance, Jeremy and Jemimah either go to school or play in a garage owned by a neighbour, Mr. Coggins. One day the children discover and grow fond of a decrepit race car that caught fire and exploded in a road race when it was"
"2004 2001 ""Compass Murphy"" Shortlisted, Askews Children's Book Award 2002 Japanese translation published by Kyuryu-do 2005 Republished in 2004 2004 ""The Ship Thief"" 2006 ""Abigail's Gift"" 2000 ""Tommy Trouble"" Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2001 2008 ""Into the Storm"" 2009 ""Operation Hope"" 1999 ""On the Bench"" (in Family Tree, ed. M Hodgson ) 2002 ""Abigail's Gift"" (in Love From Dad. ed M. Hodgson) Radio Potts has written or co-written scientific papers, books, book chapters, and editorials in the fields of non-cardiac chest pain, psychiatry, and euthanasia. He has contributed to the Edinburgh textbooks of psychiatry and medicine: Legal and Ethical"
"Children of the Fleet Children of the Fleet is a science fiction novel written by Orson Scott Card. The title of the novel (and the series ""Fleet School"") was announced by the author on 12 November 2015, and it was released on October 10, 2017. The series is set after ""Ender's Game"" and is set in Battle School, which has been renamed to Fleet School, a school run by Hyrum Graff where kids learn how to become commanders of the colonies they will lead and form on other planets. The protagonist and lead character is 10-year-old Dabeet Ochoa. Gavin Hood,"
"in Haslett, Michigan. This school is home to mallard duck nests, and every year the principal leads the ducks through the school to the local pond. Mr. Lincoln's Way Mr. Lincoln’s Way is a children’s book written by Patricia Polacco published in 2001. It was published by Philomel Books in New York, NY. This book deals with the issue of racism and can be used as a tool to introduce diversity and tolerance in a classroom setting. It tells the story of a principal of an elementary school, Mr. Lincoln, helping the school bully overcome his feelings of hatred. Polacco"
"duplicate, and the cat chooses his original owner over the simulacrum. Nick and the Glimmung Nick and the Glimmung is a children's science fiction novel originally written by American author Philip K. Dick in 1966. It was first published by Gollancz in 1988. It is set on ""Plowman's Planet"" (Sirius Five), in the same continuity as his adult science fiction novel ""Galactic Pot-Healer"". Nick, his family, and cat Horace leave Earth in 1992, because pet ownership has been criminalised on that world. Arriving at their new home, Plowman's Planet, the family encounter a series of mishaps at the hands of"
"in Orbit"" (1990). His children's novels include ""Mercedes Ice"" (1989), ""Dakota of the White Flats"" (1989), ""Krindlekrax"" (1991) winner of both the Smarties Prize and the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award, ""Meteorite Spoon"" (1994), ""Kasper in the Glitter"" (1994) nominated for the Whitbread Prize, ""Scribbleboy"" (1997) shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, ""Zinderzunder"" (1998), ""Vinegar Street"" (2000), ""Mighty Fizz Chilla"" (2002) shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award and ""Zip's Apollo"" (2005). He also has written two short stories for younger children, ""Dreamboat Zing"" (1996) and ""The Hooligan's Shampoo"" (1996). Work in Cinema After graduating from St Martins"